France

Journey

Iceland – France

  • Iceland (Reykjavík,, Reynisfjara)
  • France (Paris, Amiens, Lille, Dijon)
  • Belgium (Bruges)
  • Switzerland (Basel, Zurich)
News

Hydrogen Trains

The world's first hydrogen railway was inaugurated in Germany. The hydrogen trains, produced by the French company Alstom, can re...
News

Slow Train to Portbou

Reading the railway article about Portbou made me nostalgic. I had taken the same route as the article in 1999 on an overnight tr...
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Jean-Luc Godard

As I have written in a previous post, I watched "Pierrot Le Fou" in a small cinema focusing on classic films when I was a postgra...
Study

Etymology

It does not add up to me that the word 'implement' has a function of a verb. When a word contains the suffix 'ment', I tend to as...
Think

Pheidippides’ Paradox

I ran a full marathon race. I did not expect a two-year break, but this was my 44th full marathon race. As my groin pain had ...
Think

Glimpse of Streets

I like to gaze at streets from cafes. It is getting darker earlier with the arrival of a busy December, and people are walkin...
Tools

Sweat and Chill

My groin pain is still not completely gone, but I ran a half marathon last month. It has been two years since I have taken pa...
News

New Version of TGV

French President Emmanuel Macron announced at Paris' Gare de Lyon that a new version of TGV will be released by 2024. It mea...
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Jean-Paul Belmondo

On a melting summer day, when I was a postgraduate student, I watched Pierrot Le Fou in a small cinema focusing on classic films....
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Renewed Night Train

French startup company launches night train business as part of addressing climate change. They plan to make sleeper train pa...
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Taste Triggers

The blog listing the dishes led me to discover some slightly disappointing news about a curry restaurant "India House" in Cambrid...